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Poetry Elements1

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Alliteration repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
Consonance repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the ends of words
End Rhyme occurs at the end of lines
Foot basic unit of meter; made up of at least one stressed and unstressed syllable
Imagery descriptive language that appeals to the senses – sight, sound, touch, taste or smell
Internal Rhyme occurs within a line of poetry
Metaphor compares unlike things but does not use like or as
Meter a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Onomatopoeia word (s) used to imitate or suggest the sound of what is described
Personification give human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea
Rhyme repetition of the same stressed vowel sound and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
Rhyme Scheme pattern of end rhyme, may be designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme
Rhythm the pattern of sound created by arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
Simile a figure of speech using like or as to compare two unlike things
Slant Rhyme refers to words that almost rhyme but not quite
Speaker voice
Symbol a person, place, or object that has meaning in itself and also stands for something else
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